唯物论
wéi wù lùn
Pinyin

Definition

唯物论
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wéi wù lùn
  1. the philosophy of materialism, doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality

Related Words (20)

事物
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
人物
rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
动物
dòng wù
  1. 1 animal
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún],個|个[gè]
唯一
wéi yī
  1. 1 only
  2. 2 sole
唯有
wéi yǒu
  1. 1 only
宠物
chǒng wù
  1. 1 house pet
植物
zhí wù
  1. 1 plant
  2. 2 vegetation
  3. 3 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
物
wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 matter
  4. 4 abbr. for physics 物理
物质
wù zhì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 substance
  3. 3 material
  4. 4 materialistic
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
生物
shēng wù
  1. 1 organism
  2. 2 living creature
  3. 3 life form
  4. 4 biological
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
礼物
lǐ wù
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]
购物
gòu wù
  1. 1 shopping
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
利物浦
Lì wù pǔ
  1. 1 Liverpool (England)
动物园
dòng wù yuán
  1. 1 zoo
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
化合物
huà hé wù
  1. 1 chemical compound
博物院
bó wù yuàn
  1. 1 museum
博物馆
bó wù guǎn
  1. 1 museum
吉祥物
jí xiáng wù
  1. 1 mascot

Idioms (20)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
任人唯亲
rèn rén wéi qīn
  1. 1 to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism
  2. 2 corrupt appointment
任人唯贤
rèn rén wéi xián
  1. 1 to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
  1. 1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
唯利是图
wéi lì shì tú
  1. 1 to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything
  2. 2 self-seeking
唯恐天下不乱
wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn
  1. 1 to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
  1. 1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
恃才傲物
shì cái ào wù
  1. 1 to be inordinately proud of one's ability
  2. 2 to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)
探囊取物
tàn náng qǔ wù
  1. 1 to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie
  2. 2 in the bag
格物致知
gé wù zhì zhī
  1. 1 to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
残民害物
cán mín hài wù
  1. 1 to harm people and damage property (idiom)
物以稀为贵
wù yǐ xī wéi guì
  1. 1 the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
物以类聚
wù yǐ lèi jù
  1. 1 similar things come together (idiom); like draws like
  2. 2 Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分
wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn
  1. 1 Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
物各有主
wù gè yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 everything has a rightful owner (idiom)

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